Hi,

"Neil Hodgson" wrote:

> > A comment on the hope for a common runtime: I think this will buy you
> > less than you think.  ...
>
>    A common runtime could at least produce a common library interface.
> Wrapping each API once each for Perl, Tcl, Ruby and Python is a waste of
> time. Some APIs will be difficult to wrap because of callbacks or
threading
> issues etc., but a lot are simple and could be wrapped generically.
>
>    Maybe Mark Hammond's enthusiasm for .NET is partly a desire to never
> again have to run SWIG over Microsoft's latest API changes. With .NET, all
> the languages have access to all the libraries.
>
>    A message covering related topics just appeared on c.l.ruby

You can now look it up directly at:
http://x58.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=652250865&CONTEXT=964923186.1541
800008&hitnum=5

> so they may want to be included too.

Yes, please do (at least for the time being).

Thanks,
Conrad